Under a White Sky, by Elizabeth Kolbert: book review
My review of Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book about how scientists seek to save the planet from the damage humanity caused.
Category: Book review
Finding the Mother Tree, by Suzanne Simard: book review
“But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself” – Quote by Rachel Carson, used as opening of Simard’s book.
Raoult. Une folie française: book review by Alexander Samuel
A critical review of a recent book about chloroquine guru Didier Raoult and the many French politicians who let him operate above the law.
Stefano Mancuso’s Brilliant Green and Plant Revolution: review of two books
Here I review two more books by Stefano Mancuso, a somewhat unorthodox plant scientist from Florence
Stefano Mancuso’s Nation of Plants: review of two books
Stefano Mancuso studies neuroscience of plants. I review two of his recent popular science books: “The Incredible Journey of Plants” and “The Nation of Plants”.
Female Choice by Meike Stoverock: book review
I review here a new German book about “The Beginning and the the End of the Male Civilization”. And then I discuss a related research paper.
The Monsanto Papers: a wrong book on glyphosate
Disappointed of Carey Gillam’s book about Lawyers’ Adventures, I blog about the Monsanto and glyphosate affair.
Kate Brown’s “Plutopia”: book review
A book review about the history of two nuclear communities, one capitalist, one socialist, and their toxic legacies.
Seb Falk’s The Light Ages: book review
This is my review of the book “The Light Ages” by Seb Falk. Turns out, there was much learning and scientific inquiry going on in the Middle Ages!
Brian Deer’s book on Andrew Wakefield: “The Doctor Who Fooled the World”
My review of the new book by Brian Deer about what became the biggest medical scandal in recent history: Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent research on MMR vaccines and his antivax campaigning which continues even today.
